AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



Flowers for "Garden Effects" 



Fox-glove Digitalis pur- Gladiolus Gladiolus spp. 



purea (?) (B) 



Sweet-william . Dianthus bar- Spiraea spring-blooming 



batus (P) species (S) 



Goldenrod Solidago spp. (P) Geranium Pelargonium spp. 



China aster. .. .Callistephus hor- (A) 



tensis (A) Alyssum spp. 

 Japanese (A) (P) 



quince Cydonia Japon- Deutzia spp. 



ica (S) (S) 



Japanese Iris . .Iris laevigata (P) Dutch hya- 



Tulip Tulipa spp. (B) cinth Hyacinthus ori- 



entalis (B) 



The above list, except for three additions, is as it appeared in 

 "Country Life," March, 1904, and is repeated here by express permis- 

 sion of Doubleday, Page and Company, New York, 



NOTE 8, PAGE 134 

 Vegetable Seeds 



I peck improved variety of potatoes; i lb. beans, 2 varieties; 



1 lb. sugar corn, 2 varieties; J lb. beets, 2 varieties; i oz. carrots, 



2 varieties; | oz. seed onion, 2 varieties; 2 oz. radish, 2 varieties; 

 I oz. lettuce, 2 varieties; i oz. parsnip; i oz. turnip; i pkt. cucum- 

 ber; I pkt. cress; i pkt. kale; 1 pkt. kohl rabi; i pkt. summer 

 savory; i pkt. sage. 



The following to be started in a hot bed or window box; i pkt. 

 cauliflower; i pkt. Brussels sprouts; i pkt. celery; 3 pkts. cabbage, 



3 varieties; 3 pkts. tomato, 3 varieties. Estimated cost, |2. 



Flowering Annuals 



To be started indoors or in hot bed: 3 pkts. aster, mixed or 3 

 named varieties; 2 pkts. balsams, mixed; 2 pkts. dianthus (pinks); 

 I pkt. pansy; i pkt. petunia; i pkt. portulaca; 2 pkts, phlox 

 Drummondi grandiflora; i pkt. Ricinus (Castor bean); i pkt. 

 scarlet sage; i pkt. salpiglossis; i pkt. sweet scabious; i pkt. 

 ten-weeks stocks; i pkt. verbena. 



For open planting: ^ oz. sweet alyssum: ^ oz. candytuft; ^ oz. 

 mignonette; 2 pkts. dwarf nasturtium; 2 pkts. Eschscholtzia 

 (California poppy); 2 pkts. Shirley poppy; i pkt. double mixed 

 poppy; I pkt. tall nasturtium; i pkt. mixed sweet peas; i pkt. 

 double hollyhock (biennial); i pkt. Russian sunflower. Estimated 



cost $2. . . 



From Circular No. 13, July, 1Q09, Elementary Agriculture and Hor- 

 ticulture and School Gardens. Toronto, 1909. 



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